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FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2016 | VOL. 119 NO. 108 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com | SINGLE COPY FREE
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By LUKAS HAGLEYTHE PARTHENON
Dead Week marks the near-end of the semester, when students cram last-minute for that stressful final. The end of the academic year is so close one can almost taste it and for six Marshall University arts students, the week represents the completion of a labor or love. “Loose Ends,” the senior capstone exhibition presented by arts students Ashley Loftis, Paige Grimaldi, Jacqueline Gentner, Kat Hatford, Eryn
Wilson and Lydia Lake pre-miered April 25 at the Visual Arts Center. With materials ranging from fibers, fabric, pho-tography and interior design elements, the project marked the culmination of the students’ artistic education at Marshall University.
“’Loose Ends’ pretty much represented the combination of different ideas into a singu-lar working show,” Wilson said. “The six of us, though we con-sisted of 3 different majors like photography, graphic design
and fibers, still managed to kind some kind of center for all our pieces to come together in harmony. To sum it up, six stu-dents, three different majors, one working show.”
Reviewed by Marshall’s Vi-sual Arts jury, the exhibit will be on display until Friday.
Lukas Hagley can be contacted at [email protected].
Art students tie up “Loose Ends” in art exhibit
By EMILY KINNERTHE PARTHENON
The Marshall University Student Affairs office is host-ing its Annual Ice Cream Social Friday.
The event will be at the Me-morial Student Center Plaza and is a tradition former Dean of Student Affairs Steve Hens-ley initiated.
This year, current dean of student affairs Carla Lapelle is carrying on the tradition by hosting the event and said it will be a good way for stu-dents to relax before finals.
“We have all different fla-vors and it’s going to be a fun event,” Lapelle said. “My number-one, all-time-favorite flavor is Cherry Nut, so I’m looking forward to having it tomorrow.”
Senior criminal justice ma-jor Jake Saunders said he prefers his ice cream more simple than Lapelle and would rather go with vanilla.
“People have been talk-ing about the ice cream social,” Saunders said. “I just hope it doesn’t rain. I’m
looking forward to meeting new people and enjoying my ice cream.”
Not only is the ice cream social a way for students to hangout and enjoy their cho-sen flavor, but the Marshall University Wind Symphony will play music for attendees during the event.
“I like all types of music,” sophomore business manage-ment major Ryan Taylor said. “I especially like live music, so I think it’s cool that there will be Marshall students playing at the ice cream social.”
The Marshall University Alumni Association is partner-ing with student affairs and will begin serving students at 1 p.m. Lapelle advises stu-dents to get there early before the ice cream runs out.
Lapelle also said she has been checking the weather for the event and expects sun-shine. However, the event will be held Monday, May 2 at the same place and time in case of inclement weather.
Kinner can be contacted at [email protected].
Ice cream social brings students together with dessert, music
By SABRENA HIRSTTHE PARTHENON
Campus Activities Board hosted a color-ing events Thursday during Stress Relief Week to engage students and take their mind away from the stressful atmosphere of dead week and their soon approaching finals. Students colored pictures of their choice and received a free coloring book when they completed a picture.
Student Christopher Swires said he shares the stressful feelings with other students and decided to stop by and color a picture to ease his mind.
“I was interested in coming because it is dead week and I am just trying to re-lieve some stress and I have actually been wanted to do a coloring activity for some time now,” Swires said. “I enjoy coloring at any time.”
“I would say at this point I am about half stressed, but half relaxed,” Swires said. “I would say this is definitely a good way to focus and relieve stress. It is also a good way to destress because it is relaxing and it is fun.”
Raul Moreno helped with other Stress Relief Week events and continued through the coloring program. Moreno said he likes to color to relief stress during this time.
“Here, students have the opportunity color to relieve stress,” Moreno said. “Col-oring is engaging and fun and these designs are very specific. By coloring, students can stop focusing on stress and start focusing on creating and beautiful picture by using colors and that way they start stressing less. It is an activity to relieve their mind. Like, this is dead week and next week is fi-nals so by coloring it will be easier to stop
focusing on the stress of these couple of weeks. Just relax a bit and color.”
Moreno said some of his finals begin as soon as Friday of dead week.
“I have a lot of tests coming up myself,” Moreno said. “My first exam is tomorrow in my foreign language class, Japanese, so I’m planning on it being very hard. On a stress scale of one to ten, I’m about a nine right now.”
Marshall University students’ finals are approaching and some are set as soon as this Saturday. CAB’s stress relief week has been helping to relieve the stress that many students are carrying at this point in the semester. The final event was a show-ing of “The Goonies” Thursday on Buskirk field.
Sabrena Hirst can be contacted at [email protected].
Students color away stress at CAB eventBy RYAN FISCHERTHE PARTHENON
DeadPhish Orchestra stepped into Huntington’s limelight for the first time at the V-Club Thursday.
Vocalist and guitarist for DeadPhish Orchestra Paul Murin said the band normally embarks on small tours com-posed of three or four shows on the weekends.
“We’re sort of weekend war-riors about it at the moment,” Murin said.
Murin’s previous band, Phix, toured West Virginia as a part of a festival, but it was Dead-Phish Orchestra’s first trip back to the area since reform-ing around 2009.
Murin helped found Dead-Phish Orchestra with some friends from his previous cover band after seeking out their new keyboardist Ted Tilton.
“When Phish went on hiatus back in 2001, some friends and I started a Phish cover band called Phix that ended up tour-ing for seven or eight years after that,” Murin said.
Phish returned to the main stage from hiatus around 2009 and soon after, Murin’s cover band ended touring.
Although the cur-rent setting has the band on the road, DeadPhish
Orchestra frequently makes an appearance in its hometown of Boulder, Colorado.
“For me, personally, it’s just our of sheer love for both bands and their music.” Murin said. “As a guitar player, I just love Jerry Garcia and Trey An-astasio and even Bob Weir.”
The band focuses on per-forming a blend of music from Phish and The Grateful Dead, but DeadPhish Orchestra also gives their act a unique voice through improvisation.
“To us that’s the best part re-ally, where we get to actually throw some of our own cre-ativity into it, “ Murin said.
Improvised bits are highly reminiscent of Phish perfor-mances, which are credited with using original and unique compositions throughout ar-ranged sets.
Murin said he most re-cently played in Warrenville, Pennsylvania with DeadPhish Orchestra, making the V-Club the second of four shows planned on their “mini-tour.”
DeadPhish Orchestra will be moving on to Ohio to finish the tour, with shows planned for Friday in Colombus, Ohio and Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio.
Ryan Fischer can be contacted at [email protected].
DeadPhish Orchestra performs at V-Club
Donning of Kente celebrates students accomplishments
Above: Maurice Cooley, associate vice president of Intercultural Affairs, shows the audience a kente strip at the Donning of Kente ceremony in the Joan C. Edwards Playhouse.
Below: Kente strips displayed on a table at the Donning of Kente ceremony Thursday.
Read the full story by Sage Shavers online.
BY SAGE SHAVERS | THE PARTHENON
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By DANIELLE WRIGHTTHE PARTHENON
Marshall University women’s track team member Tianya Hankerson made a surprising return to the program this season.
The junior runner brought her son Noah Hankerson into the world in Au-gust of 2015 shortly after the 2015-16 school year started.
Hankerson took off the fall semester and returned in January, however, little did the Herd coaching staff know that she was coming back even better.
“I was worried about how long it was going to take to return to my usual self,” Hankerson said. “I just tried to remain positive and continued to push on.”
Before Hankerson became pregnant she was the Herd’s best 500-meter run-ner, earning the school record in the first indoor meet of the 2014 season.
Though the record has since been
broken by freshman Elizabeth Paulina, Hankerson’s still a member of the cur-rent indoor and outdoor 1600-meter record relay teams.
“I honestly feel like I did great in fall of 2014, this season I have been giving my all, so that’s all that matters,” Han-kerson said.
The Fruitland, Maryland native is set to graduate in the fall, a semester ear-lier than expected.
Hankerson said she has mixed feel-ings about graduating because she will miss her teammates and coaches, but she said she is happy she can be home with her pride and joy Noah.
This season, Hankerson is the sec-ond fastest 400-meter runner the Herd has with a time of 57.1 seconds, which earned her a spot back on the 1600-meter relay.
“Tianya has been the goat,” junior Kametra Byrd. “I doubted her at first,
but after our first outdoor meet, I saw the potential.”
After graduation Hankerson plans on entering an occupational therapist assistant program and possibly con-tinuing her education in pursuit of her master’s degree.
Hankerson has only three more track meets left in her college career, includ-ing the Conference USA Championships.
“I’m confident that our 1600-meter relay team will make All-Conference USA,” Hankerson said. “As for myself in an individual event, I’m not so sure.”
Hankerson is currently ranked 25th within Conference USA, and the 1600-meter relay team is ranked eighth.
The Herd will head to the conference championships May 12-15 at Middle Tennessee State University.
Danielle Wright can be contacted at [email protected].
Hankerson returns with big season for track team
By CHRISTIAN HISMANTHE PARTHENON
Senior outfielder Kaelynn Greene’s time as a member of the Marshall Univer-sity softball team will soon come to an end.
However, the East-vale, California native said the past four years has been some of the best years of her life.
“I have really en-joyed my time here,” Greene said. “But the four years went by re-ally fast.”
Greene said Mar-shall has become a second home to her during her time at the university.
“My visit just clicked, and I felt like I belonged here,” Greene said. “Mar-shall is really far away from home, so it has really felt like a home away from home dur-ing these four years.”
Greene said she has enjoyed bonding with her teammates over the years.
“My favorite thing about Marshall is the all the sisters I have gained,” Greene said. “I’m really going to miss all the girls I have played with.”
Senior infielder Alyssa Woodrum said Greene has been a benefit to the team on and off the field.
“Kaelynn is one of those people that
is really fun to be with and always fun to watch,” Woodrum said. “And she is a great all-around player. She has re-ally improved with her confidence and
knowing she can get on base every time up to bat.”
Greene said she feels she has made a lot of progress on and off the field dur-ing her four years here.
“I have improved a lot academi-cally because my coaches pushed me to improve in my classes,” Greene said. “Athletically, I have improved with my slapping and power slapping and becoming a better batter at the plate.”
Greene, who will graduate from Mar-shall in May, said she is not sure what the future holds for her.
“After graduation, I plan on moving back to California and continue being a mom.”
Greene leads the team in batting with an average of .470.
Greene also leads the team in hits with 70 and has appeared in all 48 games this season.
Marshall faces Florida Interna-tional University in a three-game series this weekend at Dot Hicks Field. The first
match is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday. Christian Hisman can be contacted
Greene reflects on time as member of Herd
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Marshall University senior Kaelynn Greene steps up to the plate during a game earlier this season at Dot Hicks Field.
Herd faces Blue Raiders in conference playTHE PARTHENON
Marshall University base-ball will begin a three-game weekend series 7 p.m. Friday against Conference USA oppo-nent Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
The Herd (21-17, 10-8) suffered a loss to in-state ri-val West Virginia Wednesday when a furious eighth inning rally came up one run short, which the Herd couldn’t pick up in the ninth.
It was the second straight loss for the Herd dating back to the final game of its series against the University of North Carolina at Charlotte last weekend.
Ten wins in conference play has been a rare feat for
the Marshall program, and the Herd have an opportunity to make history in its series against the Blue Raiders. A sweep against Middle Tennes-see State would give the Herd its most conference ever for a single season with 13. If the Herd can manage two wins this weekend, it would tie the program mark.
The Blue Raiders are just 4-14 in conference play enter-ing this weekend and is coming off a mid-week loss to in-state foe Tennessee Tech University.
After the series against Mid-dle Tennessee State, the Herd will return to Appalachian Power Park in Charleston May 6 for a three-game series against the University of Ala-bama at Birmingham.
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By AMANDA GIBSONTHE PARTHENON
Brooks Rexroat , visiting as-sistant professor of English at Marshall University, has been awarded a grant through the Fulbright Scholar Program to teach creative writing in Russia next fall.
Rexroat will be teaching at Petrozavodsk State University for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Rexroat will work with Liud-mila Kukhareva in Russia, whom he said he has worked with on smaller projects over the years. Rexroat said Kukhareva primarily works with Russian students who are aspiring to become English as a second lan-guage teachers in Russian high schools.
Most recently, Rexroat and Kukhareva worked together at a camp last summer with some Russian college students in Du-luth, Minnesota.
“One of the things that we no-ticed as we worked together this summer was that they’re really excellent, these students are tre-mendous at academic English and technical English,” Rexroat said. “They know the reasons why words do what they do, they know when shifts are made and why. They really under-stand the core and the heart of the English language. However, where they really struggled was general conversation.”
Rexroat said the students could develop a speech ahead of time and deliver it beauti-fully, but when they engaged in a conversation their speed with language and agility with words was lacking.
“Those are all the deci-sions that someone makes in a creative writing workshop,” Rexroat said.
Rexroat said the class he will teach in Russia will particularly focus on fiction, where students will have to think about all of those aspects of conversational English.
Rexroat said the course he has proposed will start with the students writing fiction on their own, which he said they are al-ready good at. The students will then go into a workshop and begin to deal with some conver-sation skills in a low-pressure situation. The course will end with a public presentation of the
students’ work with a question and answer session afterwards.
“So, it’s a scaffolded approach to help them learn language,” Rexroat said.
Along with teaching, half of Rexroat’s grant is dedicated to research. His research will be to write a pair of stories set in the northwestern region of Russia where he will be working.
Rexroat said it is very difficult to get access to Russia and it is not a simple place for Ameri-cans to travel. Rexroat said to get to stay there for almost a year is a really big deal.
“So, for me, that’s profession-ally valuable,” Rexroat said. “As a writer, this gives me stories to tell that other writers don’t have access to.”
Rexroat said it is going to be great to go explore and it is very gratifying for him to know he can take some time to allow himself to grow.
“I ask my students to grow all the time, but I have to some-times stop and make sure that I’m growing as well, so that I can continue to push them in new ways,” Rexroat said.
Rexroat also said his travels could benefit his students. He said as faculty, they teach sub-ject matter, but they are also asking students to broaden the way they view the world.
“And so, the more that we can do that on our own, the more ef-fective we can then be with our students,” Rexroat said.
This is Rexroat’s third time he has been given support to travel abroad. In the past, he spent one month writing in Cas-sis, France and six months in Ireland. Rexroat said after both of those trips he traveled exten-sively and has now been to most of Europe.
Rexroat will head to Wash-ington D.C. this summer for orientation and training on lo-cal customs, what to expect and how laws differ in Russia.
Rexroat is also preparing for the publication of his first novel early next year titled “Pine Gap.”
In the past, Marshall has had three other professors who have been awarded grants through the Fulbright Scholar Program, two of them being in 2011-2012 and one in 2012-2013.
Amanda Gibson can be contacted at [email protected].
Marshall professor to study abroad
By ELAYNA CONARDTHE PARTHENON
Marshall University Po-lice Chief James Terry said he understands the campus in a different way than faculty and staff. Terry said he thinks about the personal belongings of students, wonders about alcohol education and consid-ers the dangers of Huntington surrounding the Marshall Uni-versity downtown campus.
Terry said Marshall is a unique campus for a few rea-sons. The downtown campus has no protection from the city of Huntington so the Marshall University Police and Hunting-ton Police Department have to be in open communication concerning campus and city safety. He said it is also unique because the layout of campus allows for anyone to enter from off the streets.
Terry said he considers the spring semester to have been a quiet semester in terms of campus safety.
“We had several shootings next to campus and we got that information out fairly quickly through the text alert, no students involved in any of the shootings,” Terry said as he reflected on the last couple of months.
He said he noticed one trend during the semester.
“You can’t leave items unat-tended,” Terry said.
Graduate student Laura Ad-kins said ignorance is bliss
when it came to her experi-ence of campus safety.
“I used to live on campus for three years and then lived at The Village for two years and always felt safe walking to and from campus even in the dark until I started getting the text alerts,” Adkins said.
Adkins said she thinks the text alerts are a vital tool when it comes to keeping the campus safe but also feels they made her more paranoid than she had been before. Adkins said she never feels unsafe leaving her belongings unattended.
“I’m just more conscious now of theft but never felt too concerned in places like the library and student center,” Adkins said.
Terry said he urges students to keep this trend in mind as the semester comes to a close.
“Books are cash and stu-dents have so much on their minds near the end of the semester that they leave more possessions just laying around,” Terry said.
Just in the last week, five textbooks were reported miss-ing from room 104 in Gulikson. Terry said the best advice he gives to students when it comes to textbooks is to write your name in a specific spot so that you can include that de-tail in the police report.
Elayna Conard can be contacted at [email protected].
MU Police Chief Terry reflects on spring semester
By ELAYNA CONARDTHE PARTHENON
Students and faculty of the Department of Communication Disorders help others find their words, but it is not often these students and faculty who assist in the speech and language development of pa-tients who are speechless themselves.
However, the mentorship and donations made by an alumnus of the department left students feeling at a loss for words.
Dan Garrett is a 1972 graduate of the department and made a gift of $100,000. Garrett gives back to his alma mater and to the program by helping fund scholarships and educational experiences for students.
The money donated is split into two funds -- $75,000 for the Sally Garrett Wal-ters Memorial Scholarship program and $25,000 for support of student educa-tional experiences including three future study abroad trips.
“Dan exemplifies the spirit of giving
back,” Dr. Karen McNealy, department chair, said. “Through Dan’s generosity, students will find an additional means of financial support for their education.”
The Jamaica trip and other educational experiences with ASHA, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, cost thousands of dollars and can be hard for students to commit to because of the fi-nancial obligation. Garrett’s contributions give students an opportunity they would not be able to afford on their own.
Senior graduate student Lindsey Miller said she already appreciates the gift made by Garrett.
“I hope others see the spirit in which Dan has made his gift and are inspired to contribute to the department as well,” Miller said.
Miller went on the Jamaica trip and the ASHA convention and said the experiences allowed her to put into practice what she has been learning in the classroom.
“Overall, I feel these extracurricular expe-riences prepared me to be a well-rounded and educated professional in the world of speech pathology and it wouldn’t have been made possible without help from people like Dan Garrett,” Miller said.
The department of communication dis-orders is accepting a check from Garrett on Friday at noon in the Foundation Hall. Students and faculty honor Garrett with a reception following in Smith Hall room 143 after the check presentation.
“We are hoping to have a large group of students attend the reception and thank Mr. Garrett for his support within our pro-gram,” Holly Jude of the department said.
The department thanks Dan Garrett for allowing it to gain educational experiences while allowing it to provide others with an essential tool in our society – the ability to communicate.
Elayna Conard can be contacted at [email protected].
Department of Communication Disorders celebrates donor and mentor
“As a writer, this gives me stories that other writers don’t have
access to.”-Brooks Rexroat
RYAN FISCHER | THE PARTHENON
Professor Brooks Rexroat, visiting assistant professor of English, assists one of his advanced compositions students on Wednesday. He was awarded a grant by the Fulbright Scholar Program to teach creative writing at Petrozavodsk State University in Russia next fall.
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Goodbye, Farewell
By KAITLYN CLAYMANAGING EDITOR
When I came into the jour-nalism school the editors of The Parthenon at that time com-pletely terrified me. They were way too close and I thought there was no way I could ever imagine being like that with a group of people in the J School.
I was wrong.If we ever come back here,
this place isn’t going to look the same. The building will be here, the newsroom will probably be in the same room, and they will have the same uncomfortable chairs.
Ashley and Brad won’t be circling the newsroom on scoot-ers, Megan won’t be screaming about her latest music find, and Will won’t be coming up with headlines we all want to run, but are too scared to.
Sara and Mikaela will proba-bly still be listening to Mikaela’s 21st birthday party playlist, Lexi will have a cat living at each of our houses, and Mal-colm will have a wall covered in clip art when everyone visits his house.
The place that we know now will only exist in our minds, in the piece of us that came to life the second we stepped on cam-pus. In that way, our experience will be immortal. It exists as a memory and connection be-tween the people that basically lived in this room for nights on end.
These times will always be here, between us, no matter what happens. That’s the saf-est home this experience could ever have.
BY SABRENA HIRSTTHE PARTHENON
As dead week is coming to an end and finals week is ap-proaching, many students are looking forward to summer break to take time to relax after some stressful courses. While there is an unlimited amount of things to do over summer, many students seek diverse options to unwind and relax.
Brandon Stacy said he has been very busy between school and personal hobbies and is looking forward to a break to focus on what mat-ters to him. Stacy said he also chose to use his money for summer break rather than spring break.
“My summer plans are ba-sically a lot of what I didn’t do over spring break,” Stacy said. “I plan on spending a lot of time with the soccer team that I coach in Wayne County. They’re a younger team, but are really good and have come a long ways. I’m very proud to be coaching them. Hope-fully, we can win all of the June tournaments that are approaching.”
Stacy also said he wanted to use his time traveling to dif-ferent events.
“I am going to several music festivals, one being Firefly,” Stacy said. “I don’t want to worry about school and home-work, but instead I just want to focus on my soccer team, music festivals and fun.”
Many students can relate to being much stressed around this time in the semester and Katie Wallace said she can
relate to the feeling as she wraps up her junior year and gets ready for summer.
“I’ve never been more ready for summer break,” Wallace said. “This has been a stressful semester and I’m just ready for it to be over already. I have so many ad-ventures planned for this summer. For instance, I have one trip planned to Washing-ton D.C. for a huge concert ,and while I’m there, I plan on exploring the area,w and on the drive up I plan on explor-ing parts of West Virginia that I have never seen before. It will definitely be one for the books.”
Josh Knight said he is planning on an adventurous summer before returning to class in the fall.
“I plan to attend Warped Tour this summer,” Knight said. “I’m really excited for that. I am also planning to at-tend a big writing conference in Ripley. Sponsored though Adventures at the Gorge, I am going whitewater rafting for free and you can’t beat white-water rafting for free. Overall, I am very excited for summer. I can’t wait to just get some time to let go and have some fun.”
With the options of beach trips, bonfires, festivals, con-certs, Independence Day weekend and all of the variet-ies of summer fun, Marshall University students have a lot of a variety of events to do over summer.
Sabrena Hirst can be con-tacted at [email protected].
By MEGAN OSBORNE EXECUTIVE EDITOR
What I learned in boating school is…
The senior editors look back on their time at The Parthenon
By ASHLEY SODOSKYONLINE EDITOR
Two years ago I was aim-lessly sitting in science classes, trying to find exactly what I wanted to do with my life. Marshall hadn’t felt like home, but that’s because I had yet to find the right door.
Behind a small garage door just off the side of Smith Hall is where I found home: the newsroom. As I look around this room on my final edi-tion of The Parthenon I am not reminded of the long nights or chaotically trying to meet deadlines, but instead
I see a family of people and I am instantly flooded with memories.
Aside from my education and the passions I have come to love, the greatest thing I will take away from my time Marshall is the friendships I have made along the way. Often I have felt that I just haven’t had enough time in these halls and that I could have accomplished and ex-perienced more. But it is impossible to walk these halls with your head hung low. Because of the SOJMC, The Parthenon, and all of my jour-nalism friends, I have found myself and I am ready to face the world.
To the future staff of The Parthenon: it doesn’t matter how long you have been here, you are here and you belong. To the current and future students of Marshall: search until you find your home, it’s out there and it’s waiting for you.
Students start making plans for the summer
By BRADLEY HELTZELASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Parthenon ended up be-ing way more than a job, way more than a learning experi-ence or resume builder, it ended up being a place where I forged friendships with an incredible group of people, whose per-sonalities are superior than the solid content they send to the printing press.
For me, people have always been what are important in life, and my experiences with The Parthenon reaffirmed that notion. It’s friendships and
relationships in life that are truly valuable, and that’s some-thing that no piece of journalism can ever supersede. My time with The Parthenon was never about bylines or column inches; it was always about the people, people who I will never label as coworkers because they’ll also be labeled as friends first. The moments I’ve experienced with these people are the stories that really matter because those are stories, not of journalism, but of friendship.
In the end, the name The Parthenon will stay with me on paper through resumes and work samples, but that’s where its meaning ends; the other names are what I’ll truly trea-sure. The names like Kaitlyn Clay, Ashley Sodosky, Malcolm Walton, Megan Osborne, Lexi Browning Mikaela Keener and Will Izzo are the ones that really count. Those are the names that may not mean as much on pa-per because will always mean so much more in my heart.
By MALCOLM WALTONSPORTS EDITOR
My time as a student in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Com-munication has been a rewarding experience. During my time, I had the op-portunity to meet professors
who have provided me with guidance inside and out-side of the classroom. I have also had the opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience as an editor for The Parthenon and from my internship.
Aside from gaining experience and making pro-fessional connections, I have also gained numerous friend-ships with students within the Journalism School from different backgrounds than myself. To me, this accom-plishment may have been the most rewarding. While our time together has to come to an end, I am grateful for the opportunity to connect with such a great group of people.